A/HRC/45/CRP.7 “Muhamasheen”456, IDPs and refugees.457 Nevertheless, it received reports458 on the severe and disproportionate impact of the conflict on the “Muhamasheen” communities, who are among the most affected by internal displacement, and who have endured continuous struggles to enjoy their human rights. It also received allegations of acts of sexual violence against “Muhamasheen” girls459 and against IDPs in Hudaydah, Aden and Ibb460, which require further investigation. 302. The Group is also concerned that the parties to the conflict have not changed their patterns of behaviour with regard to the targeting of human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers and activists. 303. Additionally, the Group received reports of the numerous obstacles endured by persons with disabilities in equally accessing quality health services and assistive devices, humanitarian aid, education and employment opportunities.461 Older people are also particularly vulnerable. For example, an assessment of the needs of older people living in Sana’a, Lahj and Ta‘izz governorates reported that 62 per cent of older people in those governorates do not have any income, while 32 per cent do not have access to enough food.462 These reports also require further investigation. 2. Religious Minorities 304. Religious minorities continue to face particular barriers to the enjoyment of their rights. On the basis of the information collected and reviewed, the Group is not able to publicly report on certain cases of violations experienced by some of these groups. Information relating to these cases was withheld for protection reasons relating to the victims’ security and that of their communities. 305. The Jewish population in Yemen is estimated to constitute less than 50 individuals,463 living mainly in territory under the control of the Houthis in the Amran and Sana’a Governorates. The Houthis continued to develop an anti-Semitic faith rhetoric. In addition to the Houthi slogan, which includes the sentence “Curse on the Jews”, the Group reviewed multiple speeches made by the Houthi supreme leader, Abdulmalik Al-Houthi, during the course of 2019 and 2020, that incited violence against Jews. For instance, in one of these speeches, on 21 May 2020, he proclaimed: “the Jews are moving towards ensuring that the nation does not have the right vision”. Reportedly, the Jewish minority faces tough restrictions imposed by the Houthis, notably to their freedom of movement in conjunction with constant threats to their lives and security. “You cannot carry a bible in Yemen, you must carry the Koran” Testimony from an exiled Christian priest464 Translated from Arabic as “the marginalised”, the term designates a community subjected to social caste-based discrimination. Though Yemeni law does not discriminate against the Muhamasheen, they are commonly and pejoratively referred to as “al-Akhdam”, meaning servants. 457 According to UNHCR, there are approximately 280,000 refugees and asylum-seekers living in Yemen, mainly having fled from the Horn of Africa. A large number of them are from Somalia. 458 See, for instance, The Historic and Systematic Marginalization of Yemen’s Muhamasheen Community, Sanaa Center for Human Rights, 4 June 2019, available at: http://sanaacenter.org/files/Muhamasheen_en.pdf 459 Confidential sources on file. 460 Confidential sources on file. 461 See, for instance, Excluded: Living with disabilities in Yemen’s Armed conflict, Amnesty International, 3 December 2019, available at: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE3113832019ENGLISH.PDF 462 HelpAge International, Rapid Needs Assessment of Older People, Yemen, September 2019, available at: https://www.helpage.org/resources/publications/?ssearch=yemen&adv=0&topic=0&region=0&langu age=0&type=0 463 According to INSAF, nowadays, the Jewish community is reduced to a total number of 43 persons living in Yemen, 11 of them in Amran Governorate and the remaining 32 are restricted to live in the so-called “touristic city” in Sana’a.See: https://insaf-ye.org/publications-and-research, p. 44. 464 Confidential source on File. 456 77